if alliance, reroll horde. Or be a Dwarf so you'll be invited in the best guilds of the server for the Race/Class achievement. Human is also an option if you PVP. Watching a worgen run when questing is something I wouldnt wish on my worst enemy. Female worgen look like they're throwing a bowling ball when casting. And see 4) herein.

Horde in general has a lot of good options for warlocks. Even Blood Elf warlocks are fairly iconic as well, although they don't look as bad ass as orcs or undead. For the Alliance, humans are your best choice. Worgen look stupid in any form of a mask or hood and their casting animations are pretty blech.

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Horde: I'd go for either Undead or Belf, both rather suit Warlock lore.
Alliance: Human (my own lock is human, they're vanilla but sometimes a vanilla ice-cream with flavoured sauce is better than flavoured ice-cream) or Dwarf. Worgen are popular for obvious reasons (for me, being a Worgen and not melee should be a sin against Metzen).

Originally Posted by Malgarroth

I imagine that's why you can't play a Draenei lock. Would be awesome though, especially if it turned their skin red.

Would make no sense lore-wise, but damn, eredar are cool

I'm a veteran Draenei RPer, and I still hold it that if Draenei warlocks are done in a certain way (ostracized from society IC, not game mechanics, the "using my foe's power against him even if it kills me it'll save my people" viewpoint) it can be quite interesting in terms of lore, especially since we now have Nelf Mages. But, sadly, a sadly large minority people still think "All Forsaken are Shadowpriests, all Blood Elves are Mages/Warlocks, all Draenei are Priests/Paladins, and all Dwarves are rerolled in 2 weeks.". Note, it'd be a Draenei using Fel magic against the Legion, not a Manari Eredar like Archimonde/KJ.

Still an unrepentant Twilight's Hammer cultist. Surrender to the Old Gods.

I'm a veteran Draenei RPer, and I still hold it that if Draenei warlocks are done in a certain way (ostracized from society IC, not game mechanics, the "using my foe's power against him even if it kills me it'll save my people" viewpoint) it can be quite interesting in terms of lore, especially since we now have Nelf Mages. But, sadly, a sadly large minority people still think "All Forsaken are Shadowpriests, all Blood Elves are Mages/Warlocks, all Draenei are Priests/Paladins, and all Dwarves are rerolled in 2 weeks.". Note, it'd be a Draenei using Fel magic against the Legion, not a Manari Eredar like Archimonde/KJ.

I'm actually sort-of vaguely contemplating a race change myself. I'm boring human now, and I went human because of the rep racial. But since I am done with most of my rep grinds now, I felt it might be time to choose a new race.

My opinion:

For Horde I would go Goblin female or Orc. I very much dislike Forsaken, both in looks and in Lore, and I'm kinda meh on Trolls and Belfs. Goblin Female were the cutest thing in the game, but have lost that title to Pandaren (who can't be warlock so... ) and Orc's just have the total package, superior damage AND look good in any armor. My guess is I'd go Orc if I ever went Horde.

For Alliance it's kinda hard. I've grown familiar with my human male and they look kinda allright in armor, but that's about it. Humans have the PvP trinket racial which is nice, but I don't pvp enough to make that a consideration. Gnome females are cute but armor is invisible, Worgen male have superior damage and Darkflight, but they are kinda hunched and they have the mentioned mask problem. Dwarfs are just THE most fun race to be, and their animations are nice enough, but they lack in armor looks and usefull racials.

Guess in the end I'll just stick to my "boring" human male. He looks allright, and in Pandaria that rep racial will come in handy again. I'd sex change him, but human females look weird to me when they jump.

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